老师你好!
我最近在您的一篇回答中(https://www.cpsenglish.com/question/24286)发现这么一句话:
They have as big houses (as I do). (误)
形容词修饰复数或不可数名词,不能用as强调。应该用:
They have houses as big as ours. (正) 后置定语(相当于表语结构)。
而我在另一个问题(https://www.cpsenglish.com/question/33793)中看到另一位老师的回答:
A has money. B has money.
A has money as much as B does. (X,原因是much是量词)
A has as much money as B does.(√)
类似的,你也可以造个as many books as 之类的句子
1.两个语法我发现是矛盾的,既然您说形容词修饰不可数名词,不能用as强调,那么另外老师的句子A has as much money as B does就是错误的是吗?
2.如果是错误的,加上前面所说的A has money as much as B does. (X,原因是much是量词) 也是不对的,都是错误的话,那么这句话还能用as…as结构吗?
3.还有as many books as之类的句子是否也是错误的吗?
4.这一切是否是由定语是形容词和量词不同导致的呢?因为量词不是形容词,所以另一位老师的说法也是对的?那我们怎么区别量词和形容词呢,因为我一直认为much就是形容词。
问题有点多,还请老师不吝赐教,在下感激涕零!
复数名词和不可数名词前的形容词,不可用 as, so, too, how, however 等程度副词进行强调。单数名词可以,但词序要发生变化(此内容不在这次讨论之列)。
我们讨论第一个问题。注意:我们说的是,复数名词和不可数名词前的形容词,不可用as, so, too, how, however 等程度副词进行强调。但不包括many, much, few, little 等限定量词,也不包括用作程度副词的 much 和 little。这是大前提。我分别举例讲解如下:
1. They have as big houses as we do. (误)
2. They have houses as big as ours.(正)
3. He has money as much as she does. (误)
4. He has as much money as she does. (正)
5. You should speak as much English as you can. (正)
6. You should speak English as much as you can. (正)
【分析】
句1,big 是“性质形容词”,表示事物特征的。后面是复数houses,这时big 不可用as强调,应改为后置定语,或者说让big作表语。见句2。
句4,much 是限定量词,不是“性质形容词”,不表示事物特征。它应直接放在不可数名词之前作定语,可以被as等程度副词直接修饰。所以,句4是对的。而句3的错误在于,把much 当作后置定语,或者说是表语。注意:英语的many, much, few, little 等限定量词,是用来作定语的,一般不作表语。
句5,句6都正确。原因是:句5把much 用作限定量词,句6把much 用作程度副词。
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好像这里有下面几个问题
(1)as, so, too, how, however 在你所谈到的结构中
它们是副词,自然修饰形容词,我不知道怎么被人说成了修饰名词(是这样么?)
so beautiful a girl (√)
so a beautiful girl. (X)
such courage (√)
such a beauty. (√)
这两例,上面第一例中beautiful 与girl被a隔开,so自然只修饰到beautiful为止
such是形容词性的,修饰名词。明白这个“原理”,还用死记那些“公式”么?
(2)我赞成你说的“两个语法是矛盾的”,不是A错就是B错 (不好意思,其实我没全文看人家的东西),具体得看你自己去判断。
(3)你引述的这句话:
They have as big houses (as I do). (误) 形容词修饰复数或不可数名词,不能用as强调。
-----我也看不懂。你去问问原文作者是从哪里抄来的,上下语境如何。
but I don't quite have as big hands as he does,
She also didn't have as big breasts as some of the other women he dated.
... knew she didn't have as big breasts as others,
你去问问原文作者,这些句子是不是都错了? 我也想知道它们怎么错了。
(4)还有as many books as之类的句子是否也是错误的吗?(等等)
这是你的推理,这还真不是那“人家”说的。
我不知你英语水平如何,给你简单贴一张老外的图